(L-R) Christmas Party Crashers; The Sound of Christmas; A Wesley Christmas | Photos: BET+

BET+ original Christmas movies are back and they’re more festive than ever! This year’s offering includes 10 all-new holiday films filled with joy, family, music, comedy, and of course—some merry music magic.

‘Tis the season to stream Black on BET+ with starring top talent like Jasmine Guy, Terrence Carson and Dorien Wilson, Ne-Yo, Serayah, Romeo Miller, LeToya Luckett and LaLa Milan. These authentic stories of family and love during the holiday season are being told with the help of a large roster of directors, writers, and other creators of color, such as Victoria Rowell, Robin Givens, Bree West and Patricia Cuffie Jones.

There is a lot to look forward to, and it all kicks off on November 3rd with the premiere of “A Wesley Christmas” that tells the individual stories of adult siblings who return home to celebrate Christmas with their parents (Guy, Wilson) and extended family, but sometimes family reunions can turn messy…especially during the holidays.

Check out the full lineup and available streaming dates below!

Photo via Chris Evans on Instagram

Early this year, it was reported that Chris Evans (Avengers franchise, The Gray Man) would be joining Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (Jumanji franchise, Red Notice, Black Adam) for “Red One”, an upcoming holiday action movie from Amazon Studios, and it looks like they’re finally filming!

Evans took to his Instagram account to share a photo of him on set with his set chair sporting a logo for the movie—complete with snowflake art, and featuring the caption: “Here we go!!🎄”

There’s not much revealed about the plot of the movie, but we do know that Evans and Johnson will be joined in the film by Lucy Liu (Elementary), Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Swimming with Sharks), and Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, Don’t Worry Darling). “Red One” is directed by Jake Kasdan (Jumanji franchise) from a script by Hiram Garcia and Chris Morgan.

When we have an official release date and trailer, we will share it here at LollyChristmas.com!

Stay Merry,

Photos: CBS

CBS is bringing on the merry for the holidays with their ‘More the Merrier’ programming event filled with an giant collection of seasonal specials that will be fun for the whole family!

The network will kick off their lineup this November with the beloved tradition of the “CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade”, but you’ll be able to catch more returning favorites like “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer”, “Frosty the Snowman” and “Robbie the Reindeer”, last year’s original movies “A Christmas Proposal” and “Christmas Takes Flight” as well as three brand-new original movies, “Fit For Christmas”, “Must Love Christmas” and “When Christmas Was Young”.

LL Cool J will return to host the 100th annual “National Christmas Tree Lighting” ceremony in Washington, D.C. joined by Gloria Estefan, Andy Grammer, Joss Stone and Shania Twain, and more!  “A Home for the Holidays at The Grove” will return the week of Christmas with performances by Estefan, Grammer, Little Big Town and David Foster & Kat McPhee, and the year will close out with the “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash”!

Check out the full lineup below!

Photos Courtesy of Lifetime

Stop whatever you’re doing!  Lifetime just dropped a massive dash of Christmas cheer with the announcement of their highly anticipated It’s a Wonderful Lifetime lineup! The network’s beloved seasonal celebration includes 26 all-new movies, and it all kicks off on Saturday, November 5th.

The joyful films are jam-packed with leading stars, many of whom are pulling double duty by starring and executive producing, including Kelsey Grammer, Mario Lopez, Jana Kramer, Brooke Elliott, Keshia Knight Pulliam, and Kirk Franklin. Additionally, Melissa Joan Hart will executive produce and direct “Santa Bootcamp”, Whoopi Goldberg executive produces “A New Orleans Noel”, Toni Braxton produces “A Christmas Spark”, a movie which reunites “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” stars Jane Seymour and Joe Lando, and Sarah Drew will star in “Reindeer Games Homecoming,” which she also wrote and served as executive producer.

Justin Bruening, Naturi Naughton, Luke James, Cheri Oteri, Brandon Quinn, Mario Cantone, Tim Reid, Brittany Bristow, Spencer Grammer, Ariana Ron Pedrique, Rodrigo Massa, David Fumero, Kyle Dean Massey and more stars, also join in on this year’s lineup.

Get more details and the full schedule below!

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It’s “Mean Girls” day, which is very fitting for the launch of the official trailer for Lindsay Lohan‘s return to acting! The actress is starring in Netflix‘s holiday romance, “Falling for Christmas,“ co-starring Chord Overstreet (“Glee”).

In the movie, Lindsay plays a newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress who gets into a skiing accident and suffers from amnesia, and then finds herself in the care of a handsome blue-collar lodge owner (Overstreet) and his precocious daughter (Olivia Perez) in the days leading up to Christmas. Jack Wagner and George Young also star.

(L-R top to bottom: Mowry-Housley, Rowe Jr., Birch, Sustad, Brotherton, Dowden, Bennett, Chabert, Brown, Tarasiuk and Wang.)
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Haul out the holly, the merriest lineup of the year has officially been announced!

On this first day of autumn, Hallmark delivered yuletide cheer with the unveiling of their highly anticipated holiday programming events, the Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas iconic slate and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas celebration — kicking off on Friday, October 21st with 40 all-new original movie premieres on the way!

Returning to lead the fête is huge roster of fan-favorites, including Alison Sweeney, Andrew Walker, Ashley Williams, Barbara Niven, Brennan Elliott, Brooks Darnell, Erin Cahill, Holly Robinson Peete, Jonathan Bennett, Kristoffer Polaha, Luke Macfarlane, Marilu Henner, Nikki DeLoach, Paul Campbell, Rachel Boston, Ryan Paevey, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Taylor Cole, Tyler Hynes, Victor Webster, Wes Brown, Will Kemp, and Lacey Chabert who will star in her record-breaking twelfth Christmas movie for the network!

Viewers will also be treated to some new faces joining the Hallmark holiday family, such as Marlo Thomas, Ann-Margret, Ellen Travolta, Greta Scacchi, Kara Wang, Ledisi, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Loeb, Margaret Colin, Moira Kelly, Mykelti Williamson, Reginald VelJohnson, Reshma Shetty, Stephen Tobolowsky, Tamala Jones, Tia Carrere and Yael Grobglas.

This lineup is particularly exciting as it includes many firsts for the network, including their first Kwanzaa-focused movie and LGBTQ couple led story. There are so many movies we’re already adding to our must-see list, but don’t take our word for it, keep reading to get the scoop on what type of seasonal cheer is in store for you and your family this year.

Check out the full lineup below — including movie details and air-dates!

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Make way for more uplifting Christmas movies this holiday season as UPtv has revealed the network’s very merry Most Uplifting Christmas Ever lineup, kicking off on Friday, November 4^th!

To celebrate the most joyous time of the year, UPtv will be offering with more than 600 hours of holiday cheer which includes 17 Christmas movie premieres during themed weekends along with the second season of the reality series “Small Town Christmas”, and multi-platinum country artist Josh Turner’s King Size Manger Christmas music special.  You can also expect the return of the holiday staple, GilMORE the Merrier – a Thanksgiving week-long “Gilmore Girls” binge-a-thon that has become a favorite of network viewers across the country each year.

In addition to a plethora of yuletide entertainment, UPtv will run sweepstakes events, interactive Merry Movie Christmas Watch Parties every weekend with polls, quizzes and more chances to win, and daily surprises from network stars via a digital advent calendar beginning in December. The network also encourages you to check out UPliftSomeone.com, the destination for viewers to recognize those who uplift others, will be the hub for holiday content. UPtv asks viewers to share videos of themselves uplifting others by surprise and delight gift giving to friends, family, or even strangers, to help spread Christmas joy to those who could use some uplifting spirit this season.

Check out UPtv’s full Most Uplifting Christmas Ever lineup below!

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Last year we posted about Emma Roberts’ upcoming holiday movie, “About Fate,“ and now there’s finally an official trailer for it!

The romantic comedy tells the story of two people who believe in love, but are never able to find its true meaning. Roberts plays Margot while Thomas Mann (“The Chariot”) stars as Griffin and Madelaine Petsch (“Riverdale”) plays Griffin’s girlfriend, Clementine.

In a wild twist of events, fate puts each in the other’s path on a stormy New Year’s Eve and comedy and chaos ensue. Britt Robertson and Cheryl Hines also star. “About Fate” is written by Tiffany Paulsen and directed by Marius Balchunas. Check out the trailer below!

Top-Bottom (L-R): Northpole; Enchanted Christmas; Christmas Everlasting (Photos: Crown Media)

If you’re anything like us, you’re both missing Christmas in July and anxiously awaiting the holiday season this fall to get into full-swing of the Christmas feeling.  We can’t speed up time, but we will let you know that you can fill your August with the spirit of the season thanks to Hallmark!

If you visit the Watch Hallmark TV!, there is a selection of free original Countdown to Christmas and Miracles of Christmas movies that you can enjoy all month long.  All you need is a cable provider, that’s listed on the compatible list to watch, to login with and you’re good to go.

Check out a list of currently available titles:

Available Until September 1, 2022
• A Majestic Christmas
• Christmas Everlasting
• Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing
• Enchanted Christmas
• The Christmas Train

Available Until October 1, 2022
• A Nutcracker Christmas
• Christmas in Conway
• Lucky Christmas
• Northpole
• The Town Christmas Forgot

You can find more Christmas movies by subscribing to the Hallmark Movies Now streaming service, or watching Christmas Friday’s on Hallmark Channel every week at 8pm/7c.

Stay Merry,

L-R: Drew and Bruening (Photos: Courtesy)

Christmas in July just ended, but the holiday season pregaming continues with the official detailed announcement of two more movies that are coming to Lifetime‘s beloved It’s A Wonderful Lifetime programming event, which is set to return in October.

For Sarah Drew‘s (Amber Brown) previously announced “Reindeer Games Homecoming”, Lifetime has revealed that the actress will reunite with her former “Grey’s Anatomy” co-star, Justin Bruening (Sweet Magnolias). Drew penned the script for this film, and will also serve as executive producer!

Lifetime’s own ‘Queen of Christmas’, Melissa Joan Hart, will direct “Santa Bootcamp”, her fourth directed picture for the network, which will reunite her with Tony® award winner Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray); the two co-starred in 2018’s “A Very Nutty Christmas”.  The movie will also star Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead), Justin Gaston (Nashville), Patrick Cassidy (Castle) and EGOT award winner Rita Moreno (West Side Story).

“I have always been a holiday person… particularly Christmas. The idea that I’m actually going to participate in this wonderful Lifetime Christmas movie, Santa Bootcamp, just tickles me to no end,” said Moreno. “I have been known, at Christmas time, to decorate anyone in my house who happens to stand still for more than a minute. I will decorate anyone and anything because I turn into a child. Therefore, what a treat for me! Thank you Lifetime. My grandchildren are already celebrating!”

According to a press release from Lifetime, ‘Santa Bootcamp will also showcase the network’s commitment to diversity and inclusivity, as deaf actors Deanne Bray and Zyra Singleton will be joining the cast.’  Read more about the movies below!